Winter 2016 TWO DAYS A MONK The medieval mindset, largely lost and almost entirely dismissed by our worldview today, forms much of the foundation of classical education. Each year, students at The Ambrose School experience medieval monasticism in a real...
Winter 2016 One morning I was walking down the hall at school and approached a couple of kindergartners waiting in line to use the restroom. One little girl was sniffling sadly. I asked her what was wrong. “She hit me,” was the reply. I turned to the accused....
by Louis Markos | Winter 2016 I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know, Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow ... Irving Berlin Sitting in our living rooms this Christmas, surrounded by...
by Angie Brennan | Winter 2016 One morning I was walking down the hall at school and approached a couple of kindergartners waiting in line to use the restroom. One little girl was sniffling sadly. I asked her what was wrong. “She hit me,” was the reply....
Winter 2016 Four stories from the Philadelphia area Last year, the ACCS president saw log-cabin schools in Virginia, schools with hog traps in Texas, and schools that look more like college campuses. (In fact, one of them had taken over an ex-college campus.) He’s...
Common Core, AdvancED Accreditation, The College Board, Textbook Publishers, and the U.S. Department of Education
COMMON CORE CAME OUT WITH A BANG—over 40 states adopted it. What few realize is that the Common Core’s impact is not limited to educational standards. The real story is in the widening net the Common Core is casting.
by Amy Burgess | Fall 2016 Real Judges, Real Courtrooms, Real Life Start a Team | 2016 Nationals | In the News | Designed for CCE | National Mock Trial | Underdogs Head to State “I’LL TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT,” a magistrate judge from the State of...
by Dr. Chris Perrin | Fall 2016 An abridged version of the following article appeared in the Fall 2016 edition of The Classical Difference LET ME OFFER FROM THE ONSET WHAT I think describes the entire exercise of the Common Core (CC) in our national schools:...
Late Again! Practical Thoughts for the Drive We are a few weeks into the new school year—commute number 19 and Polo Shirt Friday number three—and mingled with the upbeat early-morning song on the radio comes the popular refrain, “Why do we have to wear uniforms...
Fall 2016 Uniform Tips and Stories Tying Ties | Ironing Pleats | Repairing Holes TYING TIES • Our recommended tie: The half windsor • The full windsor • The bow tie IRONING PLEATS To keep the pleats in longer, drip dry. You can also dry on low and...
Fall 2016 If the topic doesn’t come up, maybe you should introduce it yourself. Why uniforms? Practical reasons might satisfy the practically minded. But don’t stop there. It’s all about Paideia—the transfer of “affections,” not just information and...
by Sandy Watson | Fall 2016
What is the value? …
Goals for the first 100 days of school.
This year in history: 1516 It always sounds better in Latin. “Novum Instrumentum Omne” or “The Entire New Testament” is the name Deciderius Erasmus gives to the first published Greek New Testament, printed in 1516. And according to Erasmus, the...
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